南樺太

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	樺	太
みなみ Grade: 2	から Jinmeiyō	ふと Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular	kun’yomi

Etymology

南 (minami, “south”) +‎ 樺太 (Karafuto, “Sakhalin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠mʲi ka̠ɾa̠ɸɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Proper noun

南(みなみ)樺(から)太(ふと) • (Minami Karafuto) 

1. the southern part of Sakhalin below the 50th parallel north
2. (historical) territory of the Empire of Japan from 1905 to 1952.